50 Greatest Movie Cameos | GamesRadar+ 50 Greatest Movie Cameos The small roles with a huge impact Shares Terminator Salvation (2009) The Cameo: We witness the arrival of the original T-800. Aptly for a cyborg, Schwarzenegger's youthful face was digitally inserted. If The Character Had More Screen Time: The franchise could really go full circle by following Arnie back to 1984 and the start of The Terminator . Prev Next Wayne's World (1992) The Cameo: Wayne (Mike Myers) is pulled over by a traffic cop, only to realise it's the T-1000 (Robert Patrick) from Terminator 2: Judgement Day . If The Character Had More Screen Time: It'd be because Skynet had just found out that it's not John Connor who saves the future Earth, it's Garth (Dana Carvey).

Prev Next 24 Hour Party People (2002) The Cameo: When unreliable narrator Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) catches Magazine singer Howard Devoto (Martin Hancock) shagging his wife, the real-life Devoto turns up to declare that "I definitely don't remember this happening." If The Character Had More Screen Time: Hmm… Joy Division? Sure. Happy Mondays? Absolutely. But Magazine? Hardly the stuff of indie music legend. Prev Next Desperado (1995) The Cameo: The best of Quentin Tarantino's many cameos is a suitably wordy (and completely tangential) affair, as he tells a filthy joke before getting gunned down in a shootout. If The Character Had More Screen Time: The, shall we say, limitations of QT's acting ability would become even more apparent. Prev Next Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) The Cameo: Jarvis Cocker already had a Harry Potter cameo under his belt, but went one better by being turned into stop-motion as banjo-twanging farmer Petey. If The Character Had More Screen Time: He'd eventually start chronicling the sex lives of Mr and Mrs Fox and all of their animal friends.

Prev Next Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) The Cameo: The airport scene at the end of the film's Shanghai sequence is a proper jolly boys' outing, featuring Steven Spielberg and George Lucas as extras, plus Dan Aykroyd as the guy who books Indy onto the worst possible flight out of town. If The Character Had More Screen Time: To be honest, we're still surprised Aykroyd doesn't rock up in India later in the film. Prev Next High Fidelity (2000) The Cameo: A film about one-upmanship in music taste stands and falls on the quality of its references, and the biggest coup is having The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen, turn up as mentor to John Cusack's Rob Gordon. If The Character Had More Screen Time: He'd suffer a backlash at the hands of Rob's snobby record store employee Barry (Jack Black). Prev Next The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005) The Cameo: Famously, the fourth member of the League, Jeremy Dyson, never appears on screen.

So in a wry in-joke, they kill off 'Dyson' (played by Michael Sheen) before the opening credits. If The Character Had More Screen Time: The film is already way too meta. Any more actor/character confusion and our heads would probably explode. Prev Next Once Upon A Time In The West (1968) The Cameos: The looong opening sees the great Western character actors Woody Strode and Jack Elam (plus Leone regular Al Mulock) play three gunslingers waiting for - and then gunned down by - Charles Bronson's drifter. But it might have been even better - Leone originally intended for it to be Eastwood, Wallach and Van Cleef. If The Characters Had More Screen Time: That opening sequence would be even loooonger. Prev Next Spider-man 3 (2007) The Cameo: Sam Raimi cast his old Evil Dead mucker Bruce Campbell in all three Spider-man movies as, respectively, a ring announcer, a snooty usher, and the piece de resistance, this preening, pretentious maitre d'.

If The Character Had More Screen Time: Maybe it's the same character - a secret superhero quietly stalking Peter Parker across the films. Prev Next Out Of Sight (1998) The Cameo: Steven Soderbergh joined the dots between two Elmore Leonard adaps by getting Michael Keaton to reprise his role as Ray Nicolette, first played in Tarantino's Jackie Brown . If The Character Had More Screen Time: It'd be fun watching screen Batmans Clooney and Keaton face off as love rivals for J. Lo's attentions. Prev Next The Blues Brothers (1980) The Cameo: In a film composed of loving tributes to R&B legends, the greatest is surely Ray Charles' appearance - firing a warning shot at the kid trying to rub him, before joining Jake and Elwood in a rendition of 'Shake A Tail Feather.' If The Character Had More Screen Time: It's hard to escape the conclusion that he'd somehow end up in the climactic car chase, navigating through hearing alone. Prev Next The Darjeeling Limited (2007) The Cameo: Wes Anderson nods to companion short Hotel Chevalier by including Natalie Portman's character in his end-of-film montage...

but her appearance is completely baffling if you've only watch the main feature. If The Character Had More Screen Time: More romantic tensions with Jason Schwartzman, as per Hotel Chevalier . Prev Next Dodgeball (2004) The Cameo: Average Joe's has forfeited the Dodgeball final - but wait! The judges can overturn the decision, and the casting vote lies with none other than Chuck Norris. If The Character Had More Screen Time: He'd join the match, setting up the bloodiest game of Dodgeball in history. Prev Next Maverick (1994) The Cameo: No wonder card-sharp Maverick (Mel Gibson) looks confused. The bank robber holding him up looks exactly like Gibson's old Lethal Weapon partner, Danny Glover. If The Character Had More Screen Time: Riggs and Murtaugh, the cowboy years. Prev Next Being John Malkovich (1999) The Cameo: OK, so we've accepted that, on the seventh-and-a-half floor at LesterCorp, there's a portal that gives access to the inside of John Malkovich's mind. So why is it so hard to believe that Malkovich's best mate is Charlie Sheen?

If The Character Had More Screen Time: It would be revealed that the portal business was part of the tiger-blood drinking Charlie's strategy for "winning." Prev Next Silent Movie (1976) The Cameo: Long before The Artist , Mel Brooks' pastiche of pre-talkie cinema broke the silence only for the world's most famous mime, Marcel Marceau, to deliver the film's only line: "Non!" If The Character Had More Screen Time: It would have been nice to have a genuine practitioner of mime to star in a film on the subject. Prev Next Iron Man (2008) The Cameo: The worst kept secret in superhero movies, although it's still an undeniable wow moment as Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury attempts to enlist Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr) into The Avengers . If The Character Had More Screen Time: Sadly, the increased Fury of Avengers -advertising was partly to blame for the disappointment of Iron Man 2 .

Prev Next Young Frankenstein (1974) The Cameo: Great cameos often require a double-take, nowhere more so than in the realisation that the blind, bearded hermit whose clumsiness increasingly frustrates the Monster is none other than Gene Hackman. If The Character Had More Screen Time: He'd get to share a scene with fellow Gene (and Bonnie And Clyde co-star) Wilder. Prev Next Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (1991) The Cameo: Richard the Lionheart is back from the Crusades to attend Robin and Marian's wedding - and in a quadruple in-joke, the King Of England is played by Sean Connery: an ex-Robin, Kevin Costner's fellow Untouchable , a man who'd not long filmed The Last Crusade , and very, very Scottish. If The Character Had More Screen Time: Connery would have sorted out Alan Rickman in a heartbeat, leaving Costner with little to do but wash his mullet. Prev 10 lesser-known band cameos in the movies | Den of Geek 10 lesser-known band cameos in the movies Some are blink-and-you’ll miss them brief, while others are unforgettable....

j The inclusion of a song on a film’s soundtrack is surely a big deal for any band. Apart from maybe Snow Patrol, whose whimsical pop ballads seem to turn up in every rom-com recently made. You’re potentially opening up the opportunity for a whole bunch of new people to hear your music. But how often does this actually happen? A decent tune can certainly help make a scene memorable, but if your song is merely playing quietly in the background while the characters talk over it, then chances are, no one is going to be leaving the cinema asking “What was that barely-audible song in that one scene?” Worse still, a band may be given the opportunity to provide a movie with a theme song, only for the piece to appear over the end credits, which happened to Dashboard Confessional and their song Vindicated in Spider-Man 2. Their song played while most of the audience were beating a hasty path to the loo. A better way to make sure your music makes an impression is to have your band appear in the film itself. It must be better to be seen and heard, right?

Numerous bands from the grunge scene performed in Cameron Crowe’s Seattle-based classic, Singles, while The Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen, had a memorable cameo in the definition of the male psyche that was High Fidelity. What follows is a list of lesser known cameos by bands in movies that you might have missed: 10. Skunk Anansie – Strange Days (1995) The 90’s brit-rockers contributed two songs, Feed and Selling Jesus, to Kathryn Bigelow’s cyberpunk oddity. They were featured performing the latter of these towards the end of the film at a street party celebrating the coming of the new millennium. Fronted by the unique sounding but somewhat scary looking Skin, the band’s energetic, heavy riffing coupled with their lead’s ability to sing sweetly and howl like a banshee, made them a perfect fit for the film’s apocalyptic leanings. During their appearance, Skin sports a white cross painted William Wallace style across her face as the crowd parties like it’s almost no longer 1999. Strange Days turned out to be a bit of a curious mess – though it did do dystopian future pretty well, four years before The Matrix came along. 9.

Everclear – Loser (2000) Art Alexakis’ post-grunge rock band outfit were already regarded as movie soundtrack veterans by the time they showed up for a couple of numbers in 2000’s American Pie-wave rider, Loser. Everclear tracks had been heard in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet, Scream 2 and the aforementioned Pie movie. But when Jason Biggs’ character goes to see the band in concert during Loser, Everclear put in a rare cameo appearance. The band can be seen performing (out of sync with the music, admittedly) two songs from their excellent 1997 album So Much For The Afterglow. The songs are the very catchy I Will Buy You A New Life and the record’s storming title track. Unfortunately for Everclear, Loser did not imitate American Pie’s success at the box office, so nobody saw them. The film didn’t do much for the careers of its stars Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari either, who were presumably thrown together in this to satisfy appetites until the American Pie sequel came along. Rather bizarrely, one band did do very well out of Loser, but it wasn’t Everclear.

The film’s soundtrack was home to one hit wonders Wheatus and their track Teenage Dirtbag, a simpering, annoyingly catchy tune that they’re still flogging to death as a band 12 years later. 8. The Subways – RocknRolla (2008) Anyone who’s seen Guy Ritchie’s underachieving RocknRolla will know that, in his traditional fashion, it is a movie full of hard men doing all manner of unpleasant things. Toby Kebbell’s Johnny Quid is one such man, and he demonstrates this by viciously beating a night club doorman with a dustbin lid after he’s roughed his mate up a bit. All the while, Quid is accompanied by an onstage band. That band would be British indie-noise merchants The Subways, with their belting track Rock N Roll Queen. The brutal fight scene (there is no other kind in a Guy Ritchie movie that isn’t Sherlock Homes) is quickly intercut with shots of the band rocking the hell out in their customary sweaty and energetic fashion for a memorable musical moment.

The song itself is no stranger to the big screen, having previously been heard in the Die Hard 4.0 scene in which Lucy McClane (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), makes out in a car with her boyfriend. 7. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy – Swingers (1996) The few people who were disappointed that Swingers was not a movie about middle-aged couples throwing car keys into a bowl at dinner parties was surely offset by the number who loved this Jon Favreau-penned tale of getting over a big break up in Los Angeles. Extremely funny and with a career-best performance from Vince Vaughn, Swingers has passed into legend as giving to the world the phrases “Vegas baby!” and “You’re money”. In their quest for “beautiful babies”, Vaughn, Favreau and co haunt the bars of LA, and it is in one such establishment, The Derby, that our characters encounter the music of retro swing jazz band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

The band play three songs in the film, the stand out being the catchy You And Me And The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby), but it’s when they kick into the up tempo Go Daddy-O that Favreau’s character busts out his sweet swing dance moves, woos Heather Graham, and manages to move on with his life to direct Iron Man. 6. White Zombie – Airheads (1994) The Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi and Adam Sandler starring love letter to all things long haired and leather trousered was ripe for rock star cameos. The film revolved around fictional three-piece rock band The Lone Rangers (“how do you pluralise the lone ranger?, you’re not exactly lone are you?”) who break into a radio station to get their song played on the air. The soundtrack was stuffed full of chugging riffs, one of which belonged to 90s hillbilly metallers White Zombie. The band turned up in a scene halfway through the film in which rotund policeman Chris Farley attempts to find Fraser’s girlfriend Amy Locane. His search leads him to famous Los Angeles music venue The Whiskey a Go Go.

The band, led by future Halloween rebooter Rob Zombie, are thrashing their way through the song Feed The Gods on stage while Farley encounters a group of bare chested heavy metal fans who take exception to his position of authority. Chris makes White Zombie’s scene more memorable for the wince inducing way in which he deals with the situation. Let’s just say that one of his tormentors is wearing a nipple ring….. 5. The Donnas – Jawbreaker (1999) Jawbreaker is a film pitched somewhere in between Heathers and Mean Girls. It’s a high school movie in which a popular female clique, led by the ever brilliant Rose McGowan, attempt to cover up the accidental death by confectionary of one of their members. The movie features a great lead performance from McGowan as the deliciously evil queen bee Courtney, but does fall a little short in other areas due to its clunky script. Jawbreaker features a soundtrack of predominantly female fronted bands which includes all-girl punkers, The Donnas.

Flaunting their punk rock credentials by assuming the stage name Donna followed by the first letter of their surnames, the band contributed the song Rock n Roll Machine to the film, and are seen performing it during its climactic prom scene. All sassy and sweet buzzsaw guitars characterise the group’s appearance in a film which is worth seeking – out if only to see Rose McGowan’s inventive use of a lollipop during foreplay… 4. Blink-182 – American Pie (1999) It might be a bit of a stretch to call Blink-182’s cameo in the teen sex comedy a musical performance, as it’s confined to a few snare drum shots before the band crowd around their PC to watch Jason Biggs’ ill-fated attempt to seduce Shannon Elizabeth. The band’s song Mutt is playing over Biggs running to and from his house in the sequence, though, so we’ll keep them on the list. The pop punk granddads were cast in the movie when guitarist Tom Delonge’s acting agent heard that a band was needed for a brief scene.

The part didn’t call for much other than to pretend to watch Shannon Elizabeth in the buff and utter the line “Go trig boy, it’s your birthday”, but the film coincided well with the band’s breakthrough album Enema Of The State, and the frat boy humour of their lyrics was in keeping with the tone of the picture. It’s hard to imagine a group that would have been better suited to the appearance, but drummer Travis Barker must have been a bit pissed off when they credited him as Scott Raynor – the name of Blink’s old drummer. Oops. 3. L7 – Serial Mom (1994) Director John Water’s 1994 satire is a deliciously dark movie that anyone with a slightly twisted sense of humour would surely like. It features a devilish performance from Kathleen Turner as the mass murdering housewife who doesn’t kill for the reasons you think she might. Even before appearing in such a film, the all-female grunge band L7 weren’t exactly shy of a spot of on-screen controversy. This was the band who dropped their shorts live on early 90s late night telly show The Word. In Serial Mom, the band appeared under the label of Camel Lips.

I trust that anyone reading this can work out the significance behind the name. In Serial Mom, the band appear performing their song Gas Chamber onstage at a club called Hammerjacks, where Turner has chased one of her son’s (played by Mathew Lillard) friends after he has discovered her dastardly deeds. The poor kid runs up on stage only for Turner to cause the stage lighting to collapse, setting her prey on fire. Nothing like this happened when I saw L7 in concert. 2. The Offspring – Idle Hands (1999) Once again, this is an appearance by a band playing at a high school dance, but The Offspring’s turn in 1999 horror comedy Idlehands ends in a much more dramatic fashion than most. While Jessica Alba, Seth Green (with a bottle in his head), Elden Henson and Devon Sawa worry about the location of Sawa’s disembodied, demonically possessed hand, Dexter Holland, Noodles and co tear through a cover of The Ramones classic, I Wanna Be Sedated.

A couple of scenes later, they’re treating the crowd at this Halloween dance to their own track, Beheaded, before Sawa invades the stage to warn the assembled mass of the lurking danger. Holland sends Devon packing, only for the severed hand to rip the singer’s head open a few seconds later. It’s a bloodier cameo than most bands manage, and at the time of Idle Hands’ release, was the film’s main talking point. The band weren’t the only punk stars in the film, either – Blink-182s Tom Delonge popped up as a burger bar employee, too. 1. Rammstein – xXx (2002) It has been said of the German industrial metallers that “Other bands play, Rammstein burn”. Their unforgettable performance of the song Feuer Frei! in the opening scene of xXx certainly pays testimony to that. Running through the beautiful streets of Prague, an NSA agent decides to take refuge in a church. Unfortunately, this house of worship is playing host to a Rammstein show in its full pyrotechnical glory. The poor guy manages to get up on the stage before being mercilessly assassinated.

His lifeless corpse is then crowdsurfed while the band play on. xXx didn’t do subtle, and it set its stall out with this opening scene. Till Lindermann and the band look absolutely at home in their performance, and there couldn’t have been a better choice of song to open the film with a bang. Rammstein’s appearance is an incredible addition to an underrated action movie. The film continues with Vin Diesel parachuting out of car before it crashes to the ground – just as Drowning Pool’s Bodies kicks in. Which might be one of the coolest things ever. 32 Rockstar Film And TV Cameos You Might've Missed - NME NME 10:39 am - Nov 19, 2013 0shares There’s plenty of rockstar cameos out there, if you look hard enough… 1/32 Paul Weller on Sherlock (2017) For example, the Modfather himself popped up as a dead ‘Viking’ in the series four finale of ‘Sherlock’ last night. He was spotted lying on the floor of Sherlock’s home of 221B Baker Street during a montage at the end of the episode.

2/32 Marilyn Manson on Eastbound And Down (2013) Did you by any chance catch a made-down Marilyn Manson on Eastbound And Down in 2013? Oh my days! Credit: Press 3/32 Peace on Made In Chelsea (2014) Harry Koisser said that they were ‘concerned’ about playing on the programme: “When we were invited to play at a party on […] Made In Chelsea, we were briefly concerned about the consequences of our actions. What if they didn’t like earth music? What if our earth fans found it confusing? What if we let it slip about the outside world?” Credit: Jenn Five/NME 4/32 Flaming Lips -Beverly Hills 90210 episode (1995) There can be few sights stranger than a pre-greying Wayne Coyne rattling through ‘She Don’t Use Jelly’ in the company of the likes of Tiffany Amber Thiessen and Ian Ziering. “It’s not Michael Bolton” says Ziering, bizarrely. No, it isn’t.

Credit: Press 5/32 Lady Gaga – Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) Director Joseph Gordon-Levitt praised Lady Gaga’s performance in the forthcoming Sin City sequel, saying she “nailed it”, despite his misgivings about the casting of a pop star. “She had her character down, and she was like a total pro, and did a great job, I was really impressed,” he said. Credit: Press 6/32 Gavin Rossdale – The Bling Ring (2013) This wasn’t the British singer’s first appearance in a movie but here’s hoping it’s his last. His band were called Bush though Gavin’s acting far more resembles the trunk part of the tree. Wooden, you get me? Credit: Press 7/32 Anthony Kiedis – Point Break (1991) The Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman took his one line from Point Break – “that would be a waste of time” – and gesticulated wildly as if to say “Look! It’s me! Give me acting work!” By the way, he was rubbish.

Credit: Press 8/32 Michael Jackson – Men in Black II (2002) The King of Pop popped up on a screen to tete-a-tete with a disgruntled Rip Torn, delivering his three lines and showing huge promise. Obviously being RIP himself these days put paid to developing his acting career further. Credit: Press 9/32 Justin Timberlake – Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Timberlake’s acting credentials are pretty respectable for a guy who was once in ‘N Sync, and while his turn in the latest Coen Brothers movie doesn’t particularly stand out, the folky Mulligan and O’Hare beard he grew for the role certainly does. Credit: Press 10/32 Geri Halliwell – Sex and the City episode (2003) The Spice Girl’s fleeting cameo in the hit show features her bumping into Samantha briefly in a New York street.

The critics roundly slated poor Geri predictably enough, with the Daily Mirror suggesting, “Halliwell looked like a baked bean that had been microwaved.” Credit: Press 11/32 Bruce Springsteen – High Fidelity (2000) Bruce offers John Cusack relationship advice as he plucks at a telecaster in this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel of the same name. And if you Boss tells you to do it, you’re going to do it, right? Credit: Press 12/32 David Bowie – Zoolander (2001) Bowie has actually starred in a lot of movies, some smashing, some best forgotten. His turn as himself in Zoolander is a hoot. Watch and enjoy and become dewy-eyed remembering a time when David Bowie would appear as himself, or appear at all for that matter. Credit: Press 13/32 Justin Bieber – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2011) Bieber played a babyface bomber in a recent episode of CSI and proved his acting wasn’t as bad as his recent behaviour. Beliebers beware, Justin gets filled full of lead.

Credit: Press 14/32 Justin Hawkins – Telstar (2009) The Darkness singer took on a cameo playing the late politician Screaming Lord Sutch in a movie about the fascinating life of Joe Meek (but unfortunately written and directed by Nick Moran, quite a disappointment). Justin’s “talents may lie elsewhere” said The Guardian. Credit: Press 15/32 Tom Jones – Mars Attacks (1996) The Welsh warbler makes a heroic cameo in an otherwise poorly received Tim Burton caper, with aliens trying to blast Tom’s terrapin face off as his tonsils rip through ‘It’s Not Unusual’. Credit: Press 16/32 Tone-Lōc – The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) The ‘Funky Cold Medina’ rapper turns up in this strange comedy, starring Andrew Dice Clay as a Rock ‘n’ Roll Detective. Other cameos include Sheila E, Morris Day, Milli Vanilli’s hair extensions and a Koala Bear.

Credit: Press 17/32 Chris Martin – Bruno (2009) The Coldplay singer mixes it with the big boys when Sacha Baron Cohen’s character assembles an all-star musical cast for a charity single. Bono, Elton, Sting, Snoop and Slash also send themselves up. Credit: Press 18/32 Morrissey – Coronation Street (70s) Moz recently revealed in his autobiography that he was an extra on his beloved soap, filmed riding a bicycle. Amusingly he wrote: “Even if you don’t blink at all you will miss me.” Credit: PA 19/32 Damon Albarn – Face (1997) The Blur singer filmed the gangster flick with Ray Winstone and Robert Carlyle, and the latter later sniffly stated that “popstars shouldn’t act, just like actors shouldn’t sing”. So we’re guessing he’s no fan of Robson and Jerome either then. Credit: Press 20/32 George Harrison – Life of Brian (1979) The ex-Beatle appears for all of ten seconds in a red robe during a crowd scene in the brilliant 1979 Monty Python comedy.

He had every right as executive producer, without Harrison’s Handmade Films it might never have been made. Credit: Press Alice Cooper – Wayne’s World (1992) An obvious one for no points whatsoever! Altogether now, “we’re not worthy!” Credit: Press 22/32 Bryan Ferry – Breakfast on Pluto (2005) In Neil Jordan’s excellent tale of a young transgender foundling leaving a small Irish town for the bright lights of London, Bryan Ferry plays a creepy, curb-crawling spiv done up in a whistle. Good to see he avoided typecasting. Credit: Press 23/32 Robbie Williams – EastEnders (1995) The Take That singer appeared briefly in the Queen Vic supping a pint. He claimed to be a big fan of the show, and we’ll stay with the past tense here as nobody is a big fan of EastEnders anymore. Are they? Credit: PA 24/32 Gary Glitter – Spice World (1997) If Spice World wasn’t unsavoury enough for you before, did you know Gary Glitter appeared briefly but was cut out following his arrest?

There are plenty of other cameos that made it in that the actors probably wish had been chopped out too now. Credit: Press 25/32 Björk – The Simpsons episode (2013) Many musicians have appeared on The Simpsons but it was still a surprise when a recent episode relocated to Iceland, as Homer went in search of Carl Carlson. Björk made a cameo, as did fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós. Credit: FOX 26/32 Ian Brown – Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) Ian Brown pops up for a fleeting moment reading Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time whilst stirring his tea in a magical way like a wizard. Look ma, no hands! Credit: Press 27/32 Elvis Costello- Delirious (2006) In this Steve Buscemi movie, Elvis as himself runs the gamut of emotions in just a short space of time, concluding with the singer threatening Buscemi’s character for persistently taking his picture at a party. He’s quite good actually!

Credit: Press 28/32 Mark E Smith – 24 Hour Party People (2002) The Fall singer appears as a punter in 24 Hour Party People while Sam Riley, who went onto to play Ian Curtis in Control appears as a younger version of The Fall singer in the Michael Winterbottom movie, also about Curtis. Confused? You probably should be. Credit: Tom Martin/NME 29/32 Chris Low – Neighbours (1995) The silent one in the Pet Shop Boys made a loquacious cameo on Ramsay Street back in the 90s, a walk on part… or rather a drive-on part. Low turns up in his sports car asking Helen Daniels and Marlene Kratz directions to the nearest recording studio! Credit: Press 30/32 Boy George – The A Team (1986) Never was there a weirder episode of The A Team than the one Culture Club turned up in, at a time when the band and the show had both pretty much jumped the shark. File under: car crash TV. Credit: Press 31/32 John Lennon – Tommy (1975) Is it or isn’t it?

John Lennon, or someone who looks just like him, is seen sitting in a car for a split second during The Who’s ‘I’m Free’ in Ken Russell’s acid nightmare-cum-rock opera, Tommy. Lennon’s uncredited but don’t let that assuage any mystery… Credit: Press 32/32 Britney Spears – How I Met Your Mother episode (2008) Britney showed she had comic timing when she made a brief cameo as a receptionist in How I Met Your Mother. Now running into its ninth season, the title suggests a question you wish you’d never asked. Credit: Press iJeff --Review of High Fidelity 3. Cameos by big-name stars in this low-budget flick. 4. Flashbacks by the main character, especially those that included styles from the 80s. 5. Top 5 Lists. The lists are used in everyday conversation among Rob and his friends, such as Top 5 First Tracks on an album or Rob's Top 5 Worst Breakups. Would someone give John Cusak an umbrella, already!

If he's going to be out in the rain after being dumped in every movie he makes, he could at least have a poncho or a newspaper or something to keep him dry. But, then again, one always looks more pitiful dripping wet. In High Fidelity, Cusak plays Rob, a college dropout-cum-music storeowner who has always been unlucky in love. He's a self-described middleweight, not the dumbest person around, but not the smartest, either. Rob, as in all Cusak movies, is working through a period of his life in which he looks back at past relationships and evaluates where his life is headed. Of course, it all really began with his first girlfriend in middle school who dumped him after three great days of make-out sessions. "Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" Rob asks after being dumped, listening to depressing music, something may of us are want to do when in a dour mood. Rob has serious flaws that he's very aware of ("yeah, I'm a f-ing a-hole"), an attribute makes him more all the more likeable. We know why the girlfriends leave, but still empathize.

He never changed as he aged, something that may contribute to his pessimistic outlook on life. Iben Hjejle (gee, thinks she's Scandinavian?) is Laura, the newly departed girlfriend whom Cusak is pining over to return. I've never seen her before; she's got talent, and is very cute without being drop-dead gorgeous, which is good because it keeps her real rather than wondering how a supermodel would date a loser like Cusak. Cusak's employees were bookend characters, Dick and Barry. The former is very quiet and unwilling to step into the fray usually created by his boisterous and highly entertaining coworker. While Dick likes to help customers who have questions, Barry will refuse to do so, telling a man to go to the mall if he wants to listen to such drivel as Lionel Ritchie, telling his boss that "he offended me with his terrible taste." The cameos: John's sister, Joan, provides the voice of reason as Rob and Laura's mutual friend, Liz. Joan must have had a blast with this role, able to bust into the store, call her brother a "f-ing a-hole" and get paid for it!

Tim Robbins is hilarious as Ian Raymond, Laura's new boyfriend. In one scene Rob imagines the exotic and passionate lovemaking that Fabio-haired Ian performs with his lovers, a scene that had me rolling on the floor. Catherine Zeta-Jones is No. 3 on the all-time worst breakup list as Charlie, the girl so attractive that she made Cusak that much more insecure to be her lover. Not that I blame him. Zeta-Jones is one of the sexiest women in Hollywood. Independent film specialist Lili Taylor is breakup-girl No. 4 as Sarah, the catch on the rebound. Lisa Bonet has an insignificant role as singer Marie deSalle, so sexy and passionate that Rob and his gang find a newfound love for the song "Baby I Love Your Way" when Marie sings it. The strangest cameo may be that of Bruce Springsteen, who makes an appearance in Rob's bedroom to help justify an excuse for Rob to look up those women who dumped him in past relationships. Some may worry that a pop culture movie about music nowadays means that the soundtrack to the film will consist of obscure bands from the 70s and 80s singing songs you've never heard.

Well, okay, you may be right. The artists on the soundtrack include groups such as The Beta Band, Stereolab, The Kinks and Velvet Underground, but also Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. I promise, the music is good. Sure, these guys think they're better than society when it comes to taste in music, but doesn't everyone feel a tinge of elitism when it comes to the subject they know best? A very minor drawback may be that I was fooled into thinking the movie was ending at the 90-minute mark with a conflict resolution. In fact, I almost wish it would have ended since not much else was accomplished in the final 15 minutes or so. But if that is the only disagreement I have with the picture, then I can let it go. So take a trip to the theater and see a fun flick before the flood of summer releases comes out.

The verdict: The 35 Best Movie Cameos of All Time - MTV mtv [caption id="attachment_181194" align="alignleft" width="300"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have assembled a Murderer's Row of comedy heavy-hitters to provide cameos as themselves — including Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Emma Watson and Rihanna — in their new apocalyptic satire, "This is the End." That's a buncha muncha cruncha cameos, but how do they stack up among the greatest ever perpetrated? We're counting down 35 surprise appearances in movies that pleased and shocked us ... and left us wanting more. 35. Jim Parsons, 'The Muppets' (2011) [caption id="attachment_181193" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Disney[/caption] Walter (Peter Linz) has to decide if he's "Man or Muppet," but during this solemn ballad he sees his human form in the mirror courtesy of the "Big Bang Theory" star.

Although it was tunesmith Bret McKenzie who wrote the song, we think that a small chunk of that Academy Award for Best Song should go to Parsons for embodying the most Muppet-y man in the world. Watch it here. 34. Matt Damon, 'EuroTrip' (2004) [caption id="attachment_181192" align="aligncenter" width="500"] DreamWorks[/caption] High schooler Scott Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) doesn't realize his girlfriend Fiona (Kristin Kreuk) has been having an affair with the lead singer of a college band ... until he sees the skinhead Romeo at a grad party singing at length about the affair. Matt Damon goes hardcore with the monster ballad "Scotty Doesn't Know" by the band Lustra in "EuroTrip," which actually peaked at #75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Watch it here. 33.

Mark Hamill, 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back' (2001) [caption id="attachment_181191" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Dimension[/caption] After all the "Star Wars" references scattered throughout the View Askewiverse, Kevin Smith finally landed Luke Skywalker himself as a super-villain named Cock-Knocker in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." The doobie duo of the title dabbles in a lightsaber duel … or is that a bongsaber? The Force will be with this cameo, always. Watch it here. 32. Madonna, 'Die Another Day' (2002) [caption id="attachment_181375" align="aligncenter" width="500"] MGM[/caption] Besides providing a supremely sexy music video and title track to Pierce Brosnan's swan song as James Bond, the Material Girl took up a sword as 007's fencing instructor in a scene pulsing with double entendre. "I see you handle your weapon well," she says. "I have been known to keep my tip up," quips Brosnon. Haha, they're talking about sex.

Watch it here. 31. Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek' (2009) [caption id="attachment_181374" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Paramount[/caption] The greatest Vulcan of them all passes the torch to his young usurper Zachary Quinto in the most satisfying way possible for Trekkies ("Thrusters on full") and makes a dignified exit from the franchise in the process ( or does he? ), assuring the shiny new Spock will live long and prosper. Watch it here. 30. Bob Saget, 'Half Baked' (1998) [caption id="attachment_181373" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Universal[/caption] "I used to suck d**k for coke," says Bob Saget during a rehab scene in Dave Chappelle's stoner comedy , pretty much steamrolling over memories of the family-friendly actor of "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos." Those who've seen his stand-up since then know that this was just the tip of the raunchy iceberg. Watch it here. 29.

Michael Cera, 'This Is the End' (2013) [caption id="attachment_181372" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] The backlash against Michael Cera's dweeby on-screen persona hit full swing a few years ago, which is probably why he relished the chance to go, as his "Superbad" character would say, "full throttle 'Charlie's Angels 2'" with his extended cameo in "This is the End," bucking his milquetoast image by getting way drunk and high on "Scarface"-level amounts of blow. Before he's run through with a pole, he gets to reunite the "Superbad" trio of himself, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Jonah Hill. 28.

Alice Cooper, 'Wayne's World' (1992) [caption id="attachment_181371" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Paramount[/caption] We're not worthy to bask in the presence of a certified rock god, and neither are Wayne and Garth when they feed Cooper's Frankenstein (i.e., ego) by kissing the man's hand after a kick-ass show. Cooper has also made memorable cameos in "Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare" and "John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness." Watch it here. 27. Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito, 'Austin Powers in Goldmember' (2002) [caption id="attachment_181370" align="aligncenter" width="500"] New Line[/caption] All the "Powers" movies are chock-a-block with surprise guests, but Mike Myers & Co. really went for broke parodying their own creation in "Goldmember" with the fake movie-within-a-movie "Austinpussy," featuring Cruise as Powers along with Spacey as Dr.

Evil, DeVito as a surly Mini Me and Paltrow as Dixie Normous. The icing on the cake is Steven Spielberg as the director of this meta extravaganza. Watch it here. 26. Johnny Depp, '21 Jump Street' (2012) [caption id="attachment_181369" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] After playing undercover narc Tom Hanson on Fox series "21 Jump Street" for four soul-crushing seasons, Depp spent the early part of his career trying to burn his teen idoldom in effigy. When it came to making the movie , Depp agreed to return as Hanson on one condition: his old Jump Street compadre Peter DeLuise had to cameo alongside him as Officer Doug Penhall. Both of them got to wear goofy undercover biker outfits, die side-by-side and ... did Hanson say something about getting a tattoo on his junk? Watch it here. 25.

Pamela Anderson, 'Borat' (2006) [caption id="attachment_181368" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fox[/caption] The blonde bombshell becomes the guiding light during Borat 's eventful trip to America, but once he encounters her in real life at a book signing, the former "Baywatch" babe has to run for her life. It's a segment so well-played by both Anderson and Sacha Baron Cohen that many audiences questioned whether or not it was staged. Watch it here (in Italian!). 24. Charlie Sheen, 'Being John Malkovich' (1999) [caption id="attachment_181367" align="aligncenter" width="500"] USA Films[/caption] You know John Malkovich is in deep trouble when he's turning to Charlie Sheen for psychological/spiritual guidance, but that's exactly how it goes down in Spike Jonze's loopy take on fame and extreme voyeurism.

A glimpse at a bald, elderly Sheen in a tacky Hawaiian shirt at the end lets us know that there's at least hope that Sheen will keep on "winning" well into his twilight years. Watch it here. 23. Gene Hackman, 'Young Frankenstein' (1974) [caption id="attachment_181366" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fox[/caption] Hackman plays Harold, the poor old blind man who asks God for a friend and gets a monster instead in Mel Brooks' classic parody of the Boris Karloff "Frankenstein" pictures. After burning the beast's crotch with soup and inadvertently doing other humiliating things, Frankenstein's monster flees out the door with Hackman pleading, "Wait! Where are you going? I was gonna make espresso." Watch it here. 22.

Will Ferrell, 'Wedding Crashers' (2005) [caption id="attachment_181365" align="aligncenter" width="500"] New Line[/caption] Any movie with more than four weddings needs at least one funeral, and that's where an uncredited Ferrell as Chaz Reinhold comes in. Owen Wilson may be good at taking advantage of euphoric women post-nuptials in "Wedding Crashers," but Ferrell is there to comfort the bereaved in true smooth-operator fashion. Of course, it turns out he's an ultra-pathetic dude who lives with his mom and watches cartoons all day when not bagging hearse honeys. Watch it here. 21. Bruce Campbell, all three 'Spider-Man' movies (2002-2007) [caption id="attachment_181364" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Sony[/caption] Campbell served director and childhood pal Sam Raimi well in three "Evil Dead" flicks, so it became a terrific running gag that the Big Chinned One would play a random role in all three blockbuster Spidey flicks .

Bruce cropped up as a Wrestling Ring Announcer, a Snooty Usher and a Maître d', weaving a web of laughter. Watch his first "Spider-Man" cameo here. 20. Tim Robbins, Ben Stiller and Luke Wilson in 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' (2004) [caption id="attachment_181363" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Paramount[/caption] This is the closest we'll ever get to an "Old School" sequel, with Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson together again for a Ron Burgundy brawl . All the rival San Diego news teams flock to a back alley and begin tearing each other to shreds, including a Spanish-language news team led by a mustachioed Ben Stiller and the public news team headed by a pipe-smoking Tim Robbins. Channel 4 keeps its head on a swivel, and that's what you gotta do when you find yourself in a vicious cock fight. Watch it here. 19.

Cate Blanchett, 'Hot Fuzz' (2007) [caption id="attachment_181362" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Universal[/caption] It took the brilliant minds behind "Shaun of the Dead" to get one of the most beautiful movie stars in the world and then hide her behind goggles and a safety mask in "Hot Fuzz." Blanchett plays Janine, the ex-girlfriend of tightly wound Sgt. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), and their short quibble in the middle of a violent crime scene is extra-subversive once you're aware of the uncredited actress. Watch it here. 18. Christopher Walken, 'True Romance' (1993) [caption id="attachment_181361" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Warner Bros.[/caption] Yes, his cameo with "the watch" in "Pulp Fiction" was memorable, but Walken's other sojourn into Tarantino-ville in "True Romance" is downright electric.

He's aided by another infamous screen legend, Dennis Hopper, who shares an insulting anecdote about the origin of Sicilians and winds up giving Vincenzo Coccotti (Walken) a piece of his mind ... splattered all over the wall. "I haven't killed anybody ... [*BANG*] since 1984." Watch it here. 17. Sylvester Stallone, 'Staying Alive' (1983) [caption id="attachment_181360" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Paramount[/caption] It's a neat bit of "now you see me, now you don't" cameo magic when John Travolta's strutting dancer Tony Manero bumps into Stallone on the street and they lock eyes for a split second. "Staying Alive" is the only flick Sly directed but did not star in, so he had to insert himself in there somehow. Watch it here. 16.

Bruce Springsteen, 'High Fidelity' (2000) [caption id="attachment_181403" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Touchstone Pictures[/caption] In one of the greatest fantasy cameos since Woody Allen brought Marshall McLuhan into the movie line in "Annie Hall," John Cusack's music nerd Rob Gordon imagines The Boss giving him love advice while casually strumming a guitar in "High Fidelity." "That's what you're lookin' for. Getting' ready to start again, it'll be good for you. Give that big final good luck and goodbye to your all-time Top Five." Watch it here. 15. Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts, 'The Player' (1992) [caption id="attachment_181359" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fine Line Features[/caption] After screenwriters pitch an Oscar-caliber movie entitled "Habeas Corpus" to slick n' sleazy studio exec Griffin Mill, insisting it not be toned down with a softball Hollywood happy ending, we cut to one year later — and that's exactly what happens.

Willis saves Roberts from the gas chamber at the last minute, and love conquers all! Watch it here. 14. Samuel L. Jackson, 'Iron Man' (2008) [caption id="attachment_181358" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Marvel[/caption] Though the original Marvel Comics iteration of S.H.I.E.L.D. leader Nick Fury was a white dude with salt and pepper hair, the Ultimate universe reinvented Fury as a bald African American chap whose appearance was based on Sam 'The Man' Jackson. It seemed only appropriate that Jackson dropped in for a stinger at the end of "Iron Man," the first of several linking crossovers leading to "Marvel's The Avengers." Watch it here. 13.

Eminem, 'Funny People' (2009) [caption id="attachment_181357" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Universal[/caption] The real Slim Shady sits down with stand-up comic George Simmons (Adam Sandler) after the sad-sack comedian beats a deathly illness and gives him the 411 on why he'd have been better off dead in Judd Apatow's underrated "Funny People." The peak moment arrives when Mr. Mathers spies Ray Romano staring at him and threatens, "I don't give a f**k what show he's on. I'll f**k this motherf**ker up, man!" Watch it here. 12. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 'Airplane!' (1980) [caption id="attachment_181356" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Paramount[/caption] The star basketballer took his patented sky hook to flying the friendly skies masquerading as airline pilot "Roger Murdock," although little Joey (Ross Harris) figures out the ruse pretty quickly.

When Joey brings up his father's insults, Kareem grabs the boy by his shirt and yells, "I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes." Watch it here. 11. Huey Lewis, 'Back to the Future' (1985) [caption id="attachment_181355" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Universal[/caption] Huey Lewis and the News felt "The Power of Love" for this time-traveling classic , but did you know that's Huey lookin' all dweeby as the uptight administrator with a megaphone? He's so wound up, he thinks Marty McFly's band is just "too darn loud" to play the high school dance. That's some sad news, Huey. Watch it here. 10.

Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Romijn, 'X-Men: First Class' (2011) [caption id="attachment_181354" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fox[/caption] Jennifer Lawrence inherited her near-naked take on blue sex goddess Mystique from Rebecca Romijn in this prequel , but since her mutant powers involve shape-shifting, she proves to Magneto she can look any way she wants for him. The movie also earns its single F-bomb with Jackman as Wolvie as he's approached in a bar by Charles & Erik. Watch it here. 9. Billy Idol, 'The Wedding Singer' (1998) [caption id="attachment_181353" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] In a freak circumstance, Adam Sandler's character in "The Wedding Singer" winds up on a plane with the "White Wedding" singer, who helps him win the heart of Drew Barrymore and vanquish her d-bag boyfriend in the process. Nice! Watch it here. 8.

Keith Richards, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' (2007) [caption id="attachment_181352" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Disney[/caption] Since Johnny Depp modeled the memorable mannerisms of his Captain Jack Sparrow on Richards, why not have this stone roll in for a day or two in full pirate drag as Sparrow's drunken papa? So far, his appearances in the last couple of "Pirates" adventures have been true highlights. Watch it here. 7. Bob Barker, 'Happy Gilmore' (1996) [caption id="attachment_181351" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] When unstable ex-hockey player turned golf pro Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) is teamed up with Barker during a celebrity tournament, he winds up falling to pieces in the face of some obnoxious heckling, which leads to an extended fistfight between Gilmore and the game show host. "The price is WRONG, bitch." Watch it here. 6.

Brett Favre, 'There's Something About Mary' (1998) [caption id="attachment_181350" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fox[/caption] After Ben Stiller's irresistible love interest Cameron Diaz nearly marries the former Green Bay Packer in this Farrelly Brothers classic , he decides she's better off with Favre, but a last-second switch-up has Diaz dumping the hero for the zero (that being Stiller). Adorable. Watch it here. 5. Stan Lee in every Marvel movie ... and 'Mallrats' (1995) [caption id="attachment_181349" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Gramercy Pictures[/caption] That's right, true believers, the co-creator of Marvel's mightiest heroes, from "Spider-Man" to "Iron Man," is always "The Man," a good luck charm in each of the comic book adaptations. Think of ol' Stan as the "Where's Waldo" of superheroics. He also inspired Jason Lee in longtime comic book aficionado Kevin Smith's sophomore effort "Mallrats." Excelsior! Watch it here. 4.

Tom Cruise, 'Tropic Thunder' (2008) [caption id="attachment_181348" align="aligncenter" width="500"] DreamWorks[/caption] After his couch-jumping and Scientological antics led to public embarrassment and a tarnished image, Tom Terrific needed a comedy pronto to prove he didn't take himself so seriously. Enter his longtime pal Ben Stiller, who cast Cruise as Les Grossman in "Tropic Thunder," a hyperbolic, foul-mouthed chimney of expletives who may or may not have been modeled on real-life producer Scott Rudin. Thanks to some hairy arms and a bald noggin courtesy of makeup man Rick Baker, Cruise screamed and danced his way back into the public's good graces. Watch it here. 3. Neil Patrick Harris, 'Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle' (2004) [caption id="attachment_181347" align="aligncenter" width="500"] New Line[/caption] This is where the road has taken him.

Harris started off as Doogie Howser but wound up a poon hound of epic proportions, popping pills and branding whores all across the country. Not magic mushrooms, getting shot in the back or even Jesus can stop NPH from being the untameable party animal he is. Watch it here. 2. Mike Tyson, 'The Hangover' (2009) [caption id="attachment_181346" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Warner Bros.[/caption] Iron Mike punched his way back into pop culture relevancy when he punched out Zach Galifianakis faster than you could say "Nintendo." Tyson's few brief scenes became a cornerstone of the marketing campaign for the bro-tastic comedy smash and earned him a prominent place in the sequel. Watch it here. 1.

Bill Murray, 'Zombieland' (2009) [caption id="attachment_181345" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Columbia Pictures[/caption] Murray is in our estimation the greatest living actor, comedic or otherwise, so it's no duh that he takes the top spot for his movie-stealing appearance as himself, living la vida postapocalyptic in a zombiefied Hollywood . Reuniting with his old bowling buddy Woody Harrelson ("Kingpin") was cool, strapping on the ghostbustin' proton pack was better ... but badmouthing his involvement with the woeful "Garfield" movies? Priceless. Watch it here.

Question: Which singer nicknamed The Boss' had a cameo in the 2000 film HighFidelity'
Answer: Bruce Springsteen